Deals of the Week: Friday 2 December

Welcome to my first roundup of the hottest deals in broadband, TV and phone this week. Before we kick off, don’t forget, we have a full set of Ofcom-approved comparison tools which will show you exactly what you can get at your address. These are my picks of limited time special offers which, as you will see from the ‘offer ends’ dates aren’t hanging around long. So, without further ado…

Yes, unbelievably, Sky’s awesome Black Friday free gift offers are still going until Sunday 11 December (this has been extended from Sunday 4 December), offering you your choice of tech gifts. Even if none of these gifts interest you personally, they make outstanding gifts for anyone that might, though if you’re taking up this deal now, getting hold of the gift before Christmas – which will only be available once your services are up and running – might be a stretch.

You can choose between a free 43” UHD 4K TV (Sky Box Sets with Sky Multiscreen bundles only), a Xbox One S (Sky Box Sets bundle only), a 32” LG HDTV, a Lenovo laptop or a £150 voucher for Amazon, Tesco or MasterCard (which you can spend almost anywhere). This offer is available to all new Sky customers, or lapsed customers who have been without Sky for 12 months or more.

Monthly prices are between £20 for the Original bundle and £62 for the Complete bundle – which includes Sky Sports and Sky Cinema.

£75 pre-paid MasterCard with £15 per month Unlimited Sky Broadband

This deal applies only to Sky’s awesome Black Friday free gift offers. Not being fibre means it’ll be slower (up to 17Mbps, depending on where you live). It is, however, fast enough for most people, offering the ability to stream HD content (though not UHD 4K) as well as all those other things we like to do on the web like pay our bills and stalk our friends and family on Facebook.

It’s £15 per month for 12 months, with a £9.95 up-front cost and you’ll need to be hooked up to your services before you can reclaim the voucher.

BT is selling a truckload of broadband packages right now, and with the near-unmatched generosity of its reward card voucher offers it’s not hard to see why.

This deal ends on Monday 5 December, so you’ll need to jump soon, if you haven’t already missed it, that is. It offers a £100 BT Reward Card (which acts like a MasterCard and can be spent practically anywhere) with BT broadband (up to 17Mb non-fibre) and a £150 BT Reward Card for any BT Infinity fibre deal.

Do remember that to get your reward card you will have to wait until you’re up and running with the service and manually claim it back via the BT website. BT broadband deals have a £9.99 up front cost, while BT Infinity asks £59.99 upfront.

Plusnet broadband for £18 per month for 18 months, including line rental (Ends Monday 5 December)

Plusnet wants to buck the trend of giving back in the form of vouchers by not taking away in the first place. Its £18 per month broadband deal, which includes line rental, is one of the cheapest we’ve ever seen. It’s not fibre, but at 17Mbps it’s fast enough for most households.

I’ve saved this one till last not because it’s not a great deal – it wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t – but because this deal is on for ages and ages. Till well into next year, in fact.

For those who can get Virgin Media – around 50% of the UK, if you’re unsure check here – this deal offers a reduction from £80 per month to £55 per month on Virgin’s Full House Movie Bundle
, which includes the cost of line rental, 200Mb fibre broadband, over 240 entertainment channels, unlimited weekend call plan all 11 Sky Cinema channels and BT Sport.

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BT’s basic fibre is substantially faster than those of its Openreach network-sharing rivals (everyone but Virgin Media, basically). As a premium offering you’ll never find this deal in the bargain bin, so to speak, but right now, with BT waiving the lion’s share of the set-up cost, it’s about as cheap as you’re going to find it.

Deal of the week is a little early this week thanks to this excellent offering from Plusnet, which starts today and runs till 17 October. It’s rather unusual this one, offering both a rock-bottom price, and cashback – something we all but never see.

This week I’ve decided, rather unusually, to go for something from the faster end of the scale. Primarily, this is just because the deals I’ve been most often recommending recently have been of the basic or entry-level variety for the most part, so this is something a bit different. But also because for a deal at the top speed of those using the Openreach network (all of them besides Virgin Media), this one is terrifically cheap.

It’s rare, but it happens. We’ve wangled the best BT Infinity fibre deal in the UK, and you can only get it through Cable.co.uk. The deal knocks £2 per month off the monthly cost and £50 off the set-up fee, offering a first-year saving of £74 compared to what you will find anywhere else, even directly from BT!